Back to America: Identity, Political Culture, and the Tea Party Movement Contributor(s): Westermeyer, William H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496208439 ISBN-13: 9781496208439 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $66.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Ngos (non-governmental Organizations) - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 320.520 |
LCCN: 2019013754 |
Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.13 lbs) 234 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Back to America is an ethnography of local activist groups within the Tea Party, one of the most important recent political movements to emerge in the United States and one that continues to influence American politics. Though often viewed as the brainchild of conservative billionaires and Fox News, the success of the Tea Party movement was as much, if not more, the result of everyday activists at the grassroots level. William H. Westermeyer traces how local Tea Party groups (LTPGs) create submerged spaces where participants fashion action-oriented collective and personal political identities forged in the context of cultural or figured worlds. These figured worlds allow people to establish meaningful links between their own lives and concerns, on the one hand, and the movement's goals and narratives, on the other. Collectively, the production and circulation of the figured worlds within LTPGs provide the basis for subjectivities that often nurture political activism. |